Internet Ice Burg
Stage #1: Surface Web
Public internet
Index Website
Clear Web
Stage #2: Bergie Web
Obscure Websites
Forgotten Forums
Low-Traffic Content, VPN
anonym searching
Stage #3: Deep Web
Hidden behind logs
Database and Private Systems
Not index by Search Engines
Stage #4: Charter Web
Outdated Protocols (Gopher, FTP, IRC)
Abandoned Sites
Digital “Ghost Towns”
Some parts of the Tor connection
Stage #5: Dark Web
Tor Network (.onion)
I2P Network
Encrypted Anonymous Services and anonym browsering
Stage #6: Marianas Web
Alleged Secret Layer
Quantum Encryption
Run by AI or Governments
Often Claimed to be “the Real Internet”
Stage #7: The Fog Web / Deep Protocols
Invisible Data Streams
Quantum Encryption
A trasition between Marianas web and Virus soup
IoT Communication Layers and Forgotten Webs (MUDs, Webrings)
Stage #8: Virus Layer
Rogue AI Bots
Haunted Code & Websites
Self-Evolving Malware
Stage #9: Thought Web
Collective Consciousness
Tulpas & Digital Egregores
Mind-Internet Fusion Myths and alleged "Dream Web" Interfaces
Stage #10: Closed Shell Systems
Private Internet Networks
Classified Government Grids
AI-Only Comms Systems and Off-the-Grid Intranets
Stage #11: Marianas Web II (Mythos Layer)
Internet as Simulation
Forbidden Data
Requires Quantum or DNA Access
Stage #12 The Primarch Layer
Divine or Sentient Code
Origin of the Digital Realm
Beyond Logic, Time, and Data
Tier NULL #Before the Internet
Pre-internet Signals
Ancient Digital Echoes
Tier 404 #You Shouldn not Be Here
Metafictional Errors
Internet "Dead Zones"
Tier ∞ #The Library of Babel
Infinite Randomized Pages
Every Possible Webpage Exists